Tuesday, September 10, 2002

Security risk

<A HREF="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1134871">VNU Net</A> reports that Gartner has slammed Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 handheld operating system as unsuitable for enterprise computing, warning that it lacks even basic security features. According to the article, one of the security weaknesses is that unauthorised or unknown Pocket PC devices are installable on a machine without requiring a password or new connection, after which they can access Microsoft Outlook data and other files.

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